The Weiss Fund for research in development economics is interested in supporting research by undergraduates, graduate students and junior faculty at Harvard, MIT, Boston University, University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, and Northwestern University working in development economics, broadly defined. Projects may address a wide range of issues that affect less developed countries.

Provides fellowships to to advance research in the field of press, politics and public policy; provide an opportunity for reflection; facilitate a dialogue among scholars, journalists and policymakers; and create a vibrant and long-lasting community.

Supports studies of a medical, geographical, historical, or scientific nature, which must be either in the interests of promoting the physical and material welfare of the human race, or of investigating and determining the value and importance of a discovery or invention.